picaro
noun
a rogue or vagabond.
picaros
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pluralof picaro.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In 1947, upon Gertrude Stein’s suggestion, Paul settled in Tangier, a seedy port city where artists, pirates, picaros, philistines, homosexuals, lapsed aristocrats, real aristocrats, and paupers posing as kings had found refuge for centuries.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2014
Philosophers threw their goods into the sea; picaros throw them in their stomachs.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
The picaros of this dirty little town are as conceited as pigs.
From Romance by Joseph Conrad
Philosophers despised those things as vain and transitory; while picaros don't care for them because they bring along cares and work—something that goes against their profession.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
The only difference is that philosophers gave up all they had for their love of that kind of life, and picaros find it without giving up anything.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
